3. Names in the News Places in the News
Chew Zi Ling (Pg6) – New
wave of swimming stars
Bartolomeo Cristofor
(Pg20)
France (See Gregorian
Calendar, last slide)
Words in the News
(Pg1)
Prank
Fool’s errand
Lightheartedness
(Pg3)
disposable
reuseable
Inconvenience
ubiquitous
(Pg20)
Credited
combination
Vibrating
simultaneously
4. • France adopted Gregorian
Calendar
• New Year’s Day changed
to April 1st
• What other cultures does
it exist in?
Origin of April’s fool(pg1)
5. IKEA to stop providing
plastic bags
Customers to bring or
buy their own reuseable
bags
We use 3 billion plastic
bags annually
How do these bags harm
the environment?
NO MORE FREE PLASTIC BAG(PG3)
6. • 4th National Special Schools
Swimming Championship
held on March 8
• Ms Chew won 3 medals
• Currently training for 2016
paralympics
• What is so special about this
event?
NEW WAVE OF SWIMMING STARS (PG 6)
7. • Bartolomeo Cristofor
invented modern piano in the
1700s
• Combination of string and
percussion instrument (what
do these mean?)
• Read on to find out how a
piano works.
KEY INSTRUMENT (PG20)
8. This day in History…
April 1 1700 – April
Fools tradition
popularised
Go back to where it all began…
